Upper Gwynedd Swears in Two New Commissioners

Dan Sokil | The Reporter•

Upper Gwynedd commissioner Katherine Carter receives her oath from Judge Cateria McCabe during the township’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 2, 2024.

2024 has brought two new faces and a change in leadership in Upper Gwynedd.

New township commissioners Rebecca Moodie and Greg Moll were formally seated, and Moodie and commissioner Katherine Carter chosen for leadership positions, during the board’s Jan. 2 reorganization meeting.

"Thank you, everyone. Congratulations to my fellow commissioners. Thank you to everyone who supported us. We are here to service, and serve, the Upper Gwynedd Township community,” said Carter.

In November voters elected Moodie, a senior project manager for a local construction firm, and Moll, an attorney in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, to take the seats previously held by now-former commissioners Ruth Damsker and Martha Simelaro who chose not to seek re-election and departed in December.

During the Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, township Manager Sandra Brookley Zadell briefly led the meeting, announcing that Moodie, Moll and Carter had won their elections in November and introducing Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Cateria McCabe for their oaths.

"This is truly an auspicious occasion. It is my pleasure and honor to administer the oath of office,” McCabe said.

"The people have spoken, and chosen each of you to serve as commissioners for a term of four years. I hope that you will be servant-leaders, and exercise your duties with integrity, and in the best interests of the people you’ve been elected to serve,” she said.

After a brief photo break, the manager asked for nominations for the position of board president, and commissioner Denise Hull — who held that role for 2022-23 — nominated Carter, a now-retired elementary school principal who held the vice-president slot alongside Hull, to do so. With a second from Moll, all five commissioners voted to approve, drawing another round of applause and cheers from the assembled friends and family.

In her first act, Carter then nominated Moodie to act as board vice-president, Hull seconded, and the board approved unanimously, prompting the manager to hand over the gavel to Carter.

Upper Gwynedd’s commissioners next meet at 7 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the township administration building, 1 Parkside Place. For more information visit www.UpperGwynedd.org.

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